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On 15 September 2023, an international conference 'International, National and Corporate Dimension of the ESG-agenda: Does Climate Change Law?' organised by the Faculty of Law was held. This scientific event was one of the first where climate change issues were discussed within a broad interdisciplinary discourse combining legal and economic expertise, international and national law, theoretical research and practical insights, and the approaches of Russian and foreign regulators.

In 2023, the team of the Faculty of Law, Higher School of Economics took part in the student moot court competition for international investment arbitration Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court (FIAMC).

In 2023, the team of the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics took part in Willem С. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. The HSE Faculty of Law team was represented by 4^th year bachelor students Yaroslava Branovskaya, Maria Eremenko and Anna Zaikina, and also 3^rd year bachelor students Kamilla Makhmudova and Alexey Tolstykh.

On April 7, Round Table on the topic “Protection of the rights and legitimate interests of sanctioned Russian individuals in international courts” was held at the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics. The event was organized by the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics.

The HSE Faculty of Law team has successfully taken part in the Russian rounds of the prestigious competition in international law named after F. Jessup (International Law Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition), held from February 1 to 5 in in-person format.

For the third year running, HSE University has come first in the ranking of the 100 best universities in Russia, published for the fifth time by Forbes magazine.

The Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot (FDI Moot), the most prestigious competition in the field of international investment arbitration, was held in early November.

HSE University is one of the best Russian universities (4th place) and consistently ranks among the top 150 best universities in the world (142nd place) according to the Three University Missions world ranking that has been published since 2017.

HSE University took first place in four subject rankings and second place by the number of gold medals among Russian universities. The university entered the top three Russian universities by receiving nine prizes in various fields. The Three University Missions subject rankings in 29 fields of study were presented for the first time at an open meeting of the Council of the Russian Union of Rectors and the Association of Rating Makers.

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